Red House Farm Stay

Jia Zhuo was holding a piece of red cloth, pinched the embroidery needle and didn't know what to do. She also learned embroidery from Qing'er for a while, but she threw it away if she couldn't embroider well, and never picked it up again.Now pick it up again, only to realize that I have forgotten everything I learned earlier.

Qing'er pursed her lips and came in with embroidery thread, "You just need to help me divide the thread."

He weighed the embroidery needle by himself, and helped her embroider the red hijab with mandarin ducks playing in the water.

"Fortunately, I have you, otherwise my aunt would be angry." Jia Zhuo stuck out his tongue, and honestly went to split the line for her.

The embroidery needles were smaller than the smallest needles she had seen in another dimension, and the thread could not be used as a whole, but had to be divided into several strands to embroider with natural color transitions and delicate patterns.

She muttered while dividing the threads. Mrs. Liu knew that her embroidery work was not good, so she didn't let her embroider a complete set of dowry. She just asked her to embroider a red hijab by herself. Ask Qing'er to help embroider.

Qing'er is both a younger sister and a sister-in-law. If it is based on the identity of the sister-in-law, how can she help her sister-in-law embroider the dowry.But these rules don't work in Wang's family, so it's fine if Liu finds out that the rules don't work, he just wants to make things work out.

"My brother just bought me a box of hand-wiping balm yesterday, and today he promised me a new material." Knowing that his younger sister was helping Jia Zhuo embroider hijab, Ban'er secretly promised her a lot of good things , the whole family turned a blind eye and closed their eyes, only Liu Shi was deceived.

"He has silver in his hand now, you should knock out more." Jia Zhuo didn't feel sorry for him at all, and even helped Qing'er to give advice.

"I've never seen you being a sister-in-law like this. Shouldn't sister-in-law and sister-in-law not deal with it?" Qing'er pinched her needle and shook with a smile.

"It's okay to play with those little girls, but don't listen to them saying that the wind is the rain. Are you my sister-in-law? You will always be my sister." With Jia Zhuo's support, Qing'er and the little girls she met in Zhao's house We have frequent contacts, and even held a flower viewing party at home, and invited the little girls to play.

Of course, Duo Luo was the one who rewarded him, and he also ordered a table of banquet noodles for two liang of silver outside to make a face for Qing'er.

"What sister, she's obviously my sister-in-law." Ban'er came back halfway from something, and when he heard the last sentence, he hurriedly jumped out to object.

Jia Zhuo laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up, deliberately didn't look at him, and just said to himself: "Hey, why some scholars don't knock when they enter a girl's boudoir."

"You opened the door." Ban'er leaned against the door frame and whispered, not being straightforward.

The houses of ordinary people in the market have no indoor or outdoor rooms, let alone warm cabinets. Open the door directly to the bedroom.There is a screen in front of the bed, even if it separates the inner and outer rooms.In order to have enough light, Jia Zhuo opened the door and windows, and as a result, a guy who didn't knock on the door couldn't get off the stage.

"Brother, why did you come back so early today?" In the end, she couldn't bear to let her brother feel embarrassed, Qing'er smiled and smoothed things over for him.

"Today is a visit to Li's East Mansion. It's really an eye-opener."

"Oh." Jia Zhuo nodded without commenting.For Li Wan's mother and son, her principle is to treat them as strangers, and neither deliberately interact nor alienate them.When it was time to have a relationship, for example, if Li Wan invited her to sit in front of a group of people, she would definitely go.In private, she wouldn't fight against them, but it was impossible for her to treat them sincerely.

"Why did you go to their house, did someone invite you?" Qing'er looked at Jia Zhuo's face and asked quickly.

"It was Jia Xiucai who invited a few well-connected students to reward him with a new piece of calligraphy. By the way, they discussed knowledge and learned from each other. It was really helpful." Ban'er looked innocent and was dragged away. You didn't know it was Dong Mansion until you went there, so you can just turn around and leave. When someone asks how your two families became enemies, how will he answer.

"Just go, Qing'er and I have been there before, and we have received gifts from others. Why can't you go, am I so stingy, but I feel strange, it's all about the township test, and I still invite someone to go Is there any hindrance to appreciating the paintings?"

Jia Zhuo gave a "puchi" smile, gave their brothers and sisters a look, and pointed to the stool, "Sit down quickly, if you don't come to my place, you will be forced to stand."

"Xiao." Ban'er hurriedly sat down next to Jia Zhuo, and saw that her white and tender hands were wrapped with extremely thin multicolored silk threads. In his eyes, it was much more beautiful than the painting he had just admired.

"We thought so too at first, but Jia Xiucai said that it's not good to be relaxed all the time in learning, so we can rest assured. Besides, it's not always useless to discuss learning." Ban Seeing that Jia Zhuo had no intention of blaming him, the son hurriedly said.

"What you said just now opened your eyes. I'll buy something for you if you like it." She has saved a lot of money now, and she doesn't want to make it public elsewhere, so it's okay to buy something for Ban Er.

Qing'er covered her mouth to laugh, and Ban'er reached out to pat Jia Zhuo's head, "It's not what you think."

"What kind of thing is that?" Jia Zhuo knocked off his hand with a slap, and gave him a harsh look.

"I really didn't expect that such a noble family as the Li family would have such secrets." Ban'er sighed. For Li Shouzhong, the former Imperial College sacrifice wine, scholars would naturally have a good impression of him.

Who would have imagined that his daughter-in-law would do such a thing.Of the seven children, except for the two older girls who did not show up, the rest were making a fuss in the yard.It's the qin and the flute, the laughter of children playing crazy, and the crying when they are playing.The sound alone doesn't count, and servants come in from time to time to ask if they have seen their little master's cat running in.

I can't wait to be a bit more lively than the market, how can I look like a scholar at home.Zhijiao Baner opened his eyes, shook his head and sighed in his heart.

Jia Zhuo's eyes widened when he heard this, and then he smiled again, "I'm afraid it will hurt both sides."

The Li family sent someone to disturb Jia Lan's study, but Jia Lan publicized the secrets of the Li family's inner house through the mouth of the local school.There is no winner in this matter, it is just a joke.

Ban'er also understood what Jia Zhuo meant, "He probably just wanted to vent his anger."

The Dongfu belongs to the Li family, he is just a man with a foreign surname, and it is not convenient for him to make a noise when they make a fuss.But if we move now, we will have to go to Jinling to take the township examination in a few days. At this time, we will have to worry about moving, coming and going, and time will be wasted on the road, which is even more inconvenient.

Jia Lan had no way to change it, and he didn't want to make it so easy for others to succeed, so he just did it.

After a few times, the other side finally realized that they came to Li Wan crying and crying, and kept saying that they didn't control the child well and wanted to apologize to her.

Li Wan knew that this was coming to her door to talk about her bad reputation, so she said neither surprised nor annoyed: "I don't understand what you said, these children are lively and cute, innocent and innocent, don't say I care about it, it's Lan Brother also likes it very much. Why don’t I think you’re managing it badly. Besides, if there’s something really bad about managing it, it’s not for me, an outsider, to intervene. you."

"What, what account book?" Liu Shi just started crying, but didn't react for a while.

"Look at your confusion. Dongfu was originally the property of the Li family. As a sojourner, I was just in charge of the ledger. How can I occupy it and not return it when the master's house comes?" Li Wan said. Of course, Liu Shi was pleasantly surprised.

Naturally, the Liu family couldn't be the home of the Li Mansion in Jinling, and they never expected to be able to be a home in the East Mansion.Who doesn't know that the butler is the most lucrative, how can she not be moved.

"That's not good, obviously the eldest sister came first." Although Liu Shi was declining, her eyes were glued to the ledger and she couldn't move her eyes.

"Before no one from the Li family came over, I took care of it. Now that you come here, it's my fault if I don't return it to you."

Li Wan gave way several times, and Liu Shi happily accepted it.

How can I remember what I came here for, I just want to go back and look at the account book.

"It's still early, so just call your people over and make a handover. The matter of a few people is very simple. The people in our yard are all paid by ourselves. Brother Lang has to do everything by himself now. The top is also our own."

Mrs. Liu felt better and better, the money drawn by the public must be based on the head, and now they are in charge of themselves, so it is possible that they will take care of the public and want their own share.

Immediately, he called his mother-in-law to come over and take over the account, thinking that in the past few months, he could earn a little bit.

When everyone was gone, Li Wan leaned on Luohan's bed, and her maid stepped forward to help her beat her legs.

Seeing a person coming out from behind the screen, the servant girl hesitated for a moment, but when she saw Li Wan nodding, she lowered her hands and walked out, closing the door behind her.

"Mother, it's my son Meng Lang." Jia Lan had a bitter face, and in terms of means, he really fell behind.

"When you were young, no one made any mistakes. It's not terrible to make mistakes. What's terrible is that you don't know if you made a mistake, and you don't want to correct it after you know it. There is nothing wrong with you borrowing others' hands to publicize Liu's mistakes, but the mistake is that once The pen can't write two characters of Li. She is not a good thing, but how can your mother be a good person? Others will only say that she is a widowed elder sister, and it will be difficult to disturb her mother's family after she returns to her family. Which girl will be well-behaved and sensible in the future? , willing to marry over, we are also at a disadvantage."

"Mother..." When it came to marriage, Jia Lan suddenly felt embarrassed.

"When she sees the ledger clearly, she should either calm down or return to Jinling obediently. My son, you have to go back to Li's Mansion during your country examination. What good will it do you if you offend people in the open?"

"Mom, don't be busy packing things, I'll go back alone." Jia Lan had already made up his mind, and only now told his mother his decision.

"You can't be suspicious..." Li Wan couldn't continue, looking at his son, he was choked up.

"Grandfather and grandmother must hope that our mother and son are well, but Prince Zhongshun is very powerful in the court, and there is no guarantee that some uncles will not be able to bear such suppression. My son does not want to make trouble at the last moment. You stay in Wannian County, my son, please come to the West Mansion Take care of one or two, but rest assured."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Li Wan choked off all the thoughts in his heart and nodded.

Here Jia Lan persuaded his mother, while Liu Shi almost vomited blood when he read the ledger.

Gongzhong did send over rice, flour, oilcloth, and ice rice, but the rice ordered by Gongzhong was ordinary middle-grade rice.The oilcloths are all like this, and they are all inferior to those used in ordinary times. Not only do they have no oil to fish for, but they also have to put money into them if they want to do the same as usual.

"How did you settle the account before?" Mrs. Liu asked the women, her eyes were fierce, as if they were greedy for ink.

A few women just took over today, even if they wanted to be greedy, they couldn't do it. They rubbed their hands and shouted, "It's a rule in the public office. It's the old lady who put money from her private room before at home. Let the masters eat the best rice and use the best cloth."

"Of course I know what's going on at home, but what about here?" The old lady has money, and no one in the family knows about it. The whole family depends on her for food and drink.But I didn't let the housekeeper's sister-in-law take less money. Seeing that the children of the big house are wearing good clothes, the sister-in-law's dowry is only so much, how to stick it up, it's not the oil that was wiped out when she was in charge.

"Before, my aunt was always subsidizing, but now..." Now that you are in charge of the account, how can she still subsidize the money.That is, if you want to figure it out, others can't figure it out. They just don't want to use public rules, and they use their own expenses for food and clothing.The women didn't dare to go on, they only mentioned a topic, and then stopped.

"She, she, she is..." Liu was dumbfounded, deeply hated that she was so dizzy yesterday that she didn't think of this.

She did it on purpose, revenge is definitely revenge.

No, the account book was going to be sent back to her, so Liu Shi rushed to the place where Li Wan lived in a hurry, and was stopped by some maidservants before entering the courtyard.

"Our master is sick. The doctor has just left and is making medicine. The doctor can tell you that this disease is too sick. The master specially ordered uncles, grandmas, young masters and ladies not to go in. Living a life is not so stubborn. "The servant girl stopped Liu Shi and tried to persuade her.

Liu Shi suspected in her heart, this is too coincidental, and immediately smelled a smell of medicine.Frowning, she brought seven children here, she quickly took a step back, covered her nose and said, "Then I'll come back when your master is better."

"Yes, go slowly, uncle and grandma." The servant girl sent Liu Shi away, and when she returned to the yard, a little servant girl was playing a fan, sending a smell of medicine outside, and grabbed a handful of fruits for her with a smile.

Went in and reported to Mrs. Li, Li Wan held a book in his hand, "Well, I've been sick these days."

As long as he gets better before Jia Lan leaves, Li Wan said slowly after taking a sip of tea.

"Yes, servant girl understands." The servant girl smiled and retreated.

Li Wan could bear it, but Liu Shi couldn't. With seven children and her food and clothing expenses, it was difficult to control it.She didn't want to pay the money, so she gritted her teeth and ate according to the public's share. How could the child have suffered such hardships? The concubine was too embarrassed to talk, but the one that crawled out of her stomach was already clamoring to go back to Jinling.

When the woman in charge came to report that this month's expenses were not enough, Liu Shi suddenly panicked, "You must have deducted it, obviously it is a month's expenses, how could it not be enough?"

The mother-in-law had to break them apart one by one and said carefully, "The charcoal rules set by the public are enough to cook three meals a day, but there are seven young masters. In addition to the three meals, tea, pastries and sweets are added. Soup should also be prepared for supper, and you can have it whenever you are hungry. Not to mention charcoal, even rice noodles, oil and sugar are not enough."

Children can't eat much at one meal, but they have to eat several meals a day, and the meals have to be carefully prepared. Whenever they are hungry, they have to have something to put on them. They are not as easy to serve as adults.

"Okay, that's all for now, why is there not enough fabric?" Liu asked, grasping at a mistake.

"The Sixth Young Master rolled into the mud while playing in the yard, and his clothes couldn't be washed out. The Third Young Master went to Master Lan's study and overturned the inkstone. His whole body was stained with ink, and his clothes were useless. And the third young lady's..."

"Okay, okay, I get it." Liu Shi suddenly became one head and two big, and everything was rushed together.

There is no way to stay in this place, and if she stays any longer, how much money will she have to put in it.Her children are all surnamed Li, so they should be raised by the Li family.Thinking of this, she shouted at the top of her voice, "Pack up your things and let's go back to Jinling."

As soon as Mrs. Liu left, Li Wan's illness gradually recovered. She was still surprised, "It's too fast, it's only been a few days, and I really don't want to pay a copper coin."

The maids all covered their mouths and laughed, "It's hard to find someone as generous as the master. Don't think that everyone has a heart of bodhisattva like you."

The East Mansion was finally quiet, and seeing that the time for the township examination was not far away, Jia Zhuo took a fancy to a set of the Four Treasures of the Study in Suyunfang, and asked Baner to send it to Jia Lan. .

"I don't know if I can win, but my brother said that he is very knowledgeable." The courtyard of the Wang family was very lively, and it was Qing'er's turn to be the host, and he invited a few young girls to come and play.

A grape trellis was set up in the yard, and stone tables and benches were placed under it. Fruit bowls and ice bowls were placed on the table.The watermelon in the well was cut into cubes, and they took it by themselves and added it to the ice bowl. They didn't worry about staining their clothes when they ate it. The girl's family chatted while eating, so happy.

"It doesn't matter if you win the prize. If you are good at learning, it depends on your fate." A sudden voice made everyone startled.

Taking a closer look, it turned out to be the prostitute daughter of the eldest grandma of the Zhao family, a little girl who was not yet ten years old, almost the youngest of the group of little girls.

She knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly closed her mouth tightly and remained silent.

The girl my eldest brother and Jia Lan have been friends with is not happy, "What are you talking about, your mother taught you like this. Isn't it because your cousin has not been photographed? It is worth you to offend her outside people."

Few people knew about the fact that the Luo family took a fancy to Jia Lan, but those who went there that day had a good idea.Usually I dare not speak out, but today the words came to my lips, and I blurted them out for some reason.

After speaking, I was stunned, and the Zhao family girl also cried "Wow".

Seeing this, Jia Zhuo quickly pulled the girl from the Zhao family into his arms, and dragged her to his room to wash her face.Qing'er appeased the rest of the people and turned things off.

"Don't cry, don't cry, I know you didn't mean it, and you just said it casually, and you don't know what you said is serious, right?" Jia Zhuo has observed all the little girls who hang out with Qing'er, and they are all pampered by the family Growing up, it is true to say that some are self-willed and some savage, but it is true that there is no such thing as holding back bad water and doing bad things wholeheartedly.

The girl from the Zhao family is also innocent, and she will believe what others say. Jia Zhuo really doesn't believe that she has the idea of ​​standing up for Miss Luo Wu.

"I, I didn't curse him on purpose, really not, he, he just had a bad life." This is not the first time that the girl from the Zhao family has come back to the Wang family. Give it to her, she has raised her like a baby until now, so she naturally feels a little close to Jia Zhuo in her heart.

"We Yaya can tell fortunes." Although Jia Zhuo was smiling, she began to wonder why she was so sure that Jia Lan's fate was not good, and whether someone said something in front of her.

"But, that's what Third Aunt told Yan Zhi." The girl from the Zhao family washed her face and turned her head to Jia Zhuo seriously.

Isn't her third aunt Bai Xi?Rouge is Bai Xi's dowry maid and has always been close.

"Does your third aunt know that you heard it?" Jia Zhuo always felt that Bai Xi's behavior was a little strange. If she said such things to the child again, she would wonder if Bai Xi had mental problems.

"She doesn't know. There is a place at home. Only I know that she loves to talk to her maids there." The girl from the Zhao family smelled Jia Zhuo's face cream, then looked at the powder box, looking at it innocently. she.

"Wipe it on if you like it." Jia Zhuo opened the powder box for her. It was a gift from Baner. She usually puts it on it because she doesn't like to make up.

The girl from the Zhao family put on the face powder happily, muttered a few words about her mother saying that she was too young to put on the powder, and then told Jia Zhuo the matter by pouring beans into a bamboo tube.

It turned out that in the big garden of the Zhao family, the girl from the Zhao family had groped around since she was a child, and found a secret base, which was actually a hollow under a stone pier, which could accommodate a person to hide.

The upper part happened to be the place where Bai Xi'ai sat and watched the scenery, the open space was perfect for talking.Unexpectedly, she guarded against coming and going, but she didn't prevent that there was a child underneath.

The girl from the Zhao family didn't deliberately eavesdrop, she only heard a few sporadic words, some of which she had forgotten long ago, and some of which she still remembered. The things about Jia Lan were the things she remembered clearly.

"My third aunt is right. She said that you would be engaged to Qing'er's elder brother, and it turned out that you were engaged. She also said that Qing'er would marry Li Hong. I asked Qing'er if he knew Li Hong. She said that a man named Li Hong lived next door. She said that Jia Lan would die, so she must die."

The girl from the Zhao family spoke very seriously, this was her little secret, but she couldn't resist telling Jia Zhuo at this moment.

Jia Zhuo hugged her tightly, "Have you told anyone else yet?"